Start with the network, use it to call a meeting in person if you must because there will be those who don't trust it's not monitored. The counter to that is that if Vaeros can see and spy on us all at anytime anyway, then what we say over the network shouldn't matter. As you say, if not everyone goes to voice their opinions, then nothing will get done.

[That was easier to answer, and deal with for the moment, than her statement about trust. On the one hand, she was a fool to do so. Even so, Loki did not want to prove her wrong. Hoped that there would not come a time he would need to. "Friends" was such a difficult concept and he both hated it and was desperate for actual genuine companionship that friends provided. Especially since he'd gotten tastes of it here.

He did not reach for her, but did offer his hand if she wanted. Perhaps he needed the anchor too.]

I understand your frustration. It's hardly the first time I've been the target and recipient of ire whether earned myself or not. I won't tell you comforting lies, either, for what it is worth.

[Then, much more softly, after a breath in and out to be certain he wanted to do this.]

I want to remain friends, Sky. I want to keep your friendship, and to be one in turn. But I'm very new at it all, and it's never turned out well before for me.